Patent attributes
A retrofittable modular school bus safety apparatus comprising a CPU, a plurality of sensors and scanners, an electrical plug device, and an output device. The electrical plug device is preferably adapted to plug into an auxiliary power port, a USB port or an OBD port to provide electrical power to the apparatus and to provide actuatable communication to school bus devices such as lights, horns, crossing arm, etc. The sensors include machine vision sensors, proximity detection sensors, and speed detection sensors. The apparatus is adapted to “read” a vehicle's license plate via ALPR, perform facial recognition, automatically monitor and warn/alert traffic proximate the school bus, to automatically respond with an appropriate level of response depending on an observed level of a moving violation, and to automatically wirelessly obtain the traffic laws/regulations applicable to location of the school bus and to operate accordingly.
